Start Folder sidebar at certain position

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meteorquake
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Start Folder sidebar at certain position

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I couldn't see a command-line option to start the folder sidebar positioned at a certain folder. It would be very useful to have!
Cheers! David
void
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Re: Start Folder sidebar at certain position

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Please try the -explore command line option.

For example:

Everything.exe -explore c:\windows
meteorquake
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Re: Start Folder sidebar at certain position

Post by meteorquake »

Great, that works! I even vaguely recall seeing that - I'll add it to my explorer right-clicks.
It may be the Tools - Options - Context Menu could also provide a few pre-made Explorer context options such as this, as there's plenty of space there and the title "Context Menu" is suitably ambiguous as to which application.
Cheers! David
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Re: Start Folder sidebar at certain position

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Full context menu customization is on my TODO list.
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Re: Start Folder sidebar at certain position

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To create an "Explore in Everything" context menu item:
  • From the Start menu, search for: regedit
  • Right click Registry Editor and click Run as administrator.
  • Navigate to:

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    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
  • Create a new key called:

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    Explore in Everything...
  • Navigate to:

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    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Explore in Everything...
  • Create a new key called:

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    command
  • Navigate to:

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    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Explore in Everything...\command
  • Set the (Default) value to:

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    "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything64.exe" -explore "%1"
    where C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything64.exe is the location of your Everything.exe.
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